Sow · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Sow in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Sow registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bexar County (1) and Bosque County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1860.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Sows registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Sow registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1860
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Sows registered

Texas counties where the Sows registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bexar County150%
Bosque County150%

Where the Sows were born

Birthplaces the Sows reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee1100%

When the Sows reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Sows
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
2

Every Sow in the register

The Sows in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Benjamin SowBexar CountyTennessee1863
David SowBosque County1860

Sow genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Sow in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bexar County holds 1 of the 2, Bosque County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Sows in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Sow?

Bexar County (1), Bosque County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Sow appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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